Outback Steakhouse

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PINK/BLACK SLIME BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE UPPER PORTION DRIPPING INTO ICE, READY TO EAT FOOD. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE. ALL ICE VOLUNTARILLY DISCARDED INSIDE ICE MACHINE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: THE FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN- OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD BUILD UP ON ALL SHELVES AT PREP AND DISHWASH AREA, FOOD BUILD UP ON EXTERIOR OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, FOOD/CALCIUM BUILD UP ON EXTERIOR OF DISHMACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL EQUIPMENT.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED STANDING WATER ON FLOOR ALONG WALLS IN PREP AREA AND ON TOP OF FLOOR DRAIN COVERS, ACCUMULATED FOOD/GREASE BUILD UP ON FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND FOOD/DIRT BUILD UP INSIDE FLOOR DRAINS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR/KEEP FLOOR DRY THROUGHOUT.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD STAINS ON WALL BEHIND 2-COMPARTMENT SINK AND FOOD STAINS ON CEILING TILES AT SAME. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS AND CEILING TILES.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAKE VISIBE BACKFLOW DEVICE AT ICE MACHINE.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 15, 2013: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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